| Telmessus | |
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| Telmessus cheiragonus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cheiragonidae |
| Genus: | Telmessus White, 1846 |
Telmessus is a genus of crabs described by Scottish zoologist Adam White in 1846. [1] Its type species is generally accepted as Telmessus cheiragonus . [2]
